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2025 at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, wrapped 🎧
📊 13 reports & data releases
🌍 Audiences in 67+ countries
👥 900+ stakeholders from across Africa and beyond convened in Marrakech
Re-live #IGW, read the Forum Report & explore all research ⬇️
🔗 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/
📊 13 reports & data releases
🌍 Audiences in 67+ countries
👥 900+ stakeholders from across Africa and beyond convened in Marrakech
Re-live #IGW, read the Forum Report & explore all research ⬇️
🔗 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
2025 at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, wrapped 🎧
📊 13 reports & data releases
🌍 Audiences in 67+ countries
👥 900+ stakeholders from across Africa and beyond convened in Marrakech
Re-live #IGW, read the Forum Report & explore all research ⬇️
🔗 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/
📊 13 reports & data releases
🌍 Audiences in 67+ countries
👥 900+ stakeholders from across Africa and beyond convened in Marrakech
Re-live #IGW, read the Forum Report & explore all research ⬇️
🔗 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/
As we mark #InternationalMigrantsDay we are challenging some of the common misconceptions shaping the migration debate.
🔍 Check out our previous research to find out more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-12/2024-facts-figures-african-migrations.pdf
🔍 Check out our previous research to find out more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-12/2024-facts-figures-african-migrations.pdf
December 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As we mark #InternationalMigrantsDay we are challenging some of the common misconceptions shaping the migration debate.
🔍 Check out our previous research to find out more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-12/2024-facts-figures-african-migrations.pdf
🔍 Check out our previous research to find out more: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-12/2024-facts-figures-african-migrations.pdf
⚠️ The 2024 #IIAG shows that Security & Safety has seen the sharpest decline of any governance sub-category over the past decade, with 43 countries recording deterioration.
📊 Explore the data in the 2024 IIAG: iiag.online
📊 Explore the data in the 2024 IIAG: iiag.online
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
⚠️ The 2024 #IIAG shows that Security & Safety has seen the sharpest decline of any governance sub-category over the past decade, with 43 countries recording deterioration.
📊 Explore the data in the 2024 IIAG: iiag.online
📊 Explore the data in the 2024 IIAG: iiag.online
“Let us practicalise Ubuntu to shape Africa’s future.”
📝 Guest blog by Dr Lucy Surhyel Newman
Discover her insights: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/africas-bridge-a-thriving-private-sector-investor-confidence-and-trade-integration
📝 Guest blog by Dr Lucy Surhyel Newman
Discover her insights: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/africas-bridge-a-thriving-private-sector-investor-confidence-and-trade-integration
December 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“Let us practicalise Ubuntu to shape Africa’s future.”
📝 Guest blog by Dr Lucy Surhyel Newman
Discover her insights: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/africas-bridge-a-thriving-private-sector-investor-confidence-and-trade-integration
📝 Guest blog by Dr Lucy Surhyel Newman
Discover her insights: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/africas-bridge-a-thriving-private-sector-investor-confidence-and-trade-integration
The African Development Fund is vital for Africa’s most vulnerable economies.
Our 2025 Forum Report shows concessional finance is still critical to unlock domestic resources & finance.
🔗 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-forum-report.pdf
Our 2025 Forum Report shows concessional finance is still critical to unlock domestic resources & finance.
🔗 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-forum-report.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The African Development Fund is vital for Africa’s most vulnerable economies.
Our 2025 Forum Report shows concessional finance is still critical to unlock domestic resources & finance.
🔗 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-forum-report.pdf
Our 2025 Forum Report shows concessional finance is still critical to unlock domestic resources & finance.
🔗 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-forum-report.pdf
⚠️As we celebrate #HumanRightsDay, #IIAG data shows that rights across the continent are increasingly under pressure. Much more is needed to turn commitments into reality.
Discover our data here: https://iiag.online/measures/pri.html
Discover our data here: https://iiag.online/measures/pri.html
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
⚠️As we celebrate #HumanRightsDay, #IIAG data shows that rights across the continent are increasingly under pressure. Much more is needed to turn commitments into reality.
Discover our data here: https://iiag.online/measures/pri.html
Discover our data here: https://iiag.online/measures/pri.html
📌 Register for the last #NGN debate of 2025!
Join us as we unpack the reforms needed to mobilise Africa’s pension funds which are currently valued at almost $220bn 💵
⏰ Thursday, 11 December at 15:00 GMT
https://mif.link/debate
Join us as we unpack the reforms needed to mobilise Africa’s pension funds which are currently valued at almost $220bn 💵
⏰ Thursday, 11 December at 15:00 GMT
https://mif.link/debate
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
📌 Register for the last #NGN debate of 2025!
Join us as we unpack the reforms needed to mobilise Africa’s pension funds which are currently valued at almost $220bn 💵
⏰ Thursday, 11 December at 15:00 GMT
https://mif.link/debate
Join us as we unpack the reforms needed to mobilise Africa’s pension funds which are currently valued at almost $220bn 💵
⏰ Thursday, 11 December at 15:00 GMT
https://mif.link/debate
🌍 UNEA-7 kicks off in Nairobi, just after COP30. This is where climate promises must become real, accessible action. We’ll be watching to ensure Africa’s priorities stay front and centre.
Our analysis: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
Our analysis: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🌍 UNEA-7 kicks off in Nairobi, just after COP30. This is where climate promises must become real, accessible action. We’ll be watching to ensure Africa’s priorities stay front and centre.
Our analysis: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
Our analysis: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
🤔 Good COP, bad COP?
As the dust settles on #COP30 in Belém our new research brief unpacks the outcomes from this year’s summit and considers their impact on Africa.
📖 Full research brief 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
As the dust settles on #COP30 in Belém our new research brief unpacks the outcomes from this year’s summit and considers their impact on Africa.
📖 Full research brief 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🤔 Good COP, bad COP?
As the dust settles on #COP30 in Belém our new research brief unpacks the outcomes from this year’s summit and considers their impact on Africa.
📖 Full research brief 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
As the dust settles on #COP30 in Belém our new research brief unpacks the outcomes from this year’s summit and considers their impact on Africa.
📖 Full research brief 👉🏿 https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2025/cop30-outcomes-africa
💬 “The Johannesburg summit was short, symbolically enormous, and strategically precise.”
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💬 “The Johannesburg summit was short, symbolically enormous, and strategically precise.”
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
Aaliyah Vayez, international relations analyst and #NGN member, reflects on the G20 Summit and how the South African Presidency breathed life back into multilateralism.
📖 Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4pFvCuc
IIAG data show strong progress in laws on violence against women, but challenges remain.
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
IIAG data show strong progress in laws on violence against women, but challenges remain.
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
As we mark #EndVAW Day, turning legal protection into real safety must remain a priority.
📊 More via the #IIAG: https://iiag.online/measures/womeq.html
📸 Bissau-Guineans are getting ready to vote in the general election. Here are key facts drawn from our #IIAG data on governance.
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📸 Bissau-Guineans are getting ready to vote in the general election. Here are key facts drawn from our #IIAG data on governance.
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📊 Guinea-Bissau’s Overall Governance score improved by +1.0 points to 40.9 between 2014 and 2023.
Explore here: https://iiag.online/
📸 La Guinée-Bissau se prépare à voter. Voici des chiffres clés tirés de nos données de l'Indice Ibrahim #IIAG.
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📸 La Guinée-Bissau se prépare à voter. Voici des chiffres clés tirés de nos données de l'Indice Ibrahim #IIAG.
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
📊 Le score de Gouvernance globale de la Guinée-Bissau s’est amélioré de +1,0 point pour atteindre 40,9 entre 2014 et 2023. En savoir plus : https://iiag.online/fr/#
Ahead of the #AUEU25 Summit in Luanda, we asked our Now Generation Network how they see the Africa–Europe partnership – and what their priorities are at this year’s Summit.
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ahead of the #AUEU25 Summit in Luanda, we asked our Now Generation Network how they see the Africa–Europe partnership – and what their priorities are at this year’s Summit.
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
📄 Discover the key insights: https://bit.ly/49DgpFf
🌍 Gender equality on the G20 agenda. This weekend, world leaders gather in South Africa for the G20 Leaders' Summit — and gender equality and women’s empowerment are set to feature prominently.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌍 Gender equality on the G20 agenda. This weekend, world leaders gather in South Africa for the G20 Leaders' Summit — and gender equality and women’s empowerment are set to feature prominently.
💡 The global financial system is no longer fit for purpose.
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
💡 The global financial system is no longer fit for purpose.
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
Our recent data story, Reforming the global debt architecture, sets out four key steps to deliver smarter money and better processes. #G20
📊 Read here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/reforming-global-debt-architecture
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As “aid” dwindled, international trade disappointed, and tax earnings underwhelmed, African governments went on a borrowing spree. Our external debt has tripled since 2009, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2024 Financing Africa report.
Global loan sharks just love our hungry, hungry hippos
Gobble, gobble, gobble – it’s undignified, but who cares, say the gluttonous functionaries
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November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As “aid” dwindled, international trade disappointed, and tax earnings underwhelmed, African governments went on a borrowing spree. Our external debt has tripled since 2009, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2024 Financing Africa report.
🛡️ Adaptation first. Africa emits least but faces some of the harshest climate impacts.
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🛡️ Adaptation first. Africa emits least but faces some of the harshest climate impacts.
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
In 2021/22, only ~2.8% of global climate finance reached Africa and just 36% of that helped people adapt. #COP30
Read the research here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
As #COP30 opens in Belém, the Planetary Guardians have issued an open letter calling for urgent global action to phase out fossil fuels & accelerate the clean energy transition.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
The world must unite around a climate plan
Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, the Planetary Guardians and friends call for a bold plan to phase out fossil fuels and build a clean, secure energy future for all.
🔗: https://bit.ly/49a8b7k
Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, the Planetary Guardians and friends call for a bold plan to phase out fossil fuels and build a clean, secure energy future for all.
🔗: https://bit.ly/49a8b7k
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As #COP30 opens in Belém, the Planetary Guardians have issued an open letter calling for urgent global action to phase out fossil fuels & accelerate the clean energy transition.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
Signed by Mo Ibrahim & Council members Mary Robinson, Paul Polman & Graça Machel.
🔋 Africa’s just energy transition
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🔋 Africa’s just energy transition
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Despite ~40% of global renewables potential, Africa gets ~2% of clean-energy investment. With #COP30 in Belém, it’s time to act.
Read our new research ⬇️
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Citizen Digital speaks with two of our experts: Mandipa Ndlovu and Nic Cheeseman
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Citizen Digital speaks with two of our experts: Mandipa Ndlovu and Nic Cheeseman
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
https://www.citizen.digital/article/african-elections-often-lack-a-crucial-component-an-opposition-n372338
🌍 Only 6% of the SDGs are on track to be met in Africa by 2030.
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
Africa on the road to COP30
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November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🌍 Only 6% of the SDGs are on track to be met in Africa by 2030.
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
We’ve translated our latest COP30 analysis into an interactive data story, bringing the key facts, charts and priorities to life ahead of Belém.
🔗Explore it here:
https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/our-research/data-stories/cop30
🌱Launching “On the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém.” Africa’s message is clear: climate ambition and development must go hand in hand.
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
On the Road to COP30 — from Addis Ababa to Belém
mo.ibrahim.foundation
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🌱Launching “On the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém.” Africa’s message is clear: climate ambition and development must go hand in hand.
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
#COP30
Read it here: https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/sites/default/files/2025-11/africa-on-the-road-to-cop30.pdf
⏰️At #CNNGlobalPerspectives, Mo Ibrahim called the “new world disorder” a wake-up call, urged action to restore the rule of law, stressed that without peace there is no development, and that Africa’s youth are its greatest asset and must be given opportunities to lead.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
⏰️At #CNNGlobalPerspectives, Mo Ibrahim called the “new world disorder” a wake-up call, urged action to restore the rule of law, stressed that without peace there is no development, and that Africa’s youth are its greatest asset and must be given opportunities to lead.
🔔 Tomorrow: In conversation with Bright Simmons “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔔 Tomorrow: In conversation with Bright Simmons “Navigating ‘Katanomics’: Youth Leadership in Africa’s Governance Transformation”
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp
📆 Thu 6 Nov 2025 | 3PM GMT (4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT)
🎤 Moderator: Hafou Toure (#NGN)
👉 Register: https://t.co/fOKXnngYjN https://t.co/OxZtWu3vMp